A MOTHER of conjoined twins separated at birth was denied visitation to her surviving daughter by hospital staff who deemed her “disruptive”.

KUSA reports that Amber McCullough delivered Olivia and Hannah via cesarean section on August 26 but that sadly doctors were unable to save Olivia after they were separated.

However last month the Children’s Hospital Colorado banned the new mum from seeing her daughter, saying she was disruptive.

“She was disruptive to staff and interfering with their ability to take care of other patients. The situation has become untenable and unworkable,” the hospital said in an email to her lawyer, James Avery.

However, Ms McCullough rejects this, saying she was just looking out for Hannah’s welfare.

“After reporting a sentinel event involving too much heparin, a broviac placement, a haematoma that extended past her jawline and into her face with a nurse refusing to call a doctor,” she wrote on a GoFundMe page she set up to try and move Hannah to a Boston hospital. “Then spraying blood profusely from her neck, and then learning that the CT they took identified air bubbles in her neck from a haematoma before they ever sent her back up in the first place. They just didn’t read it until hours later, after all that we were retaliated against for having filed complaints to make sure that it never happens again.”

“I wised up some time ago not to step foot in that place without a recorder in my bra,” she said.

“I am also currently suing them over the retaliation as it violate, patient right, parental rights, Joint Commission rules, the patient care act, and others. Suing them is about holding them accountable and having a voice for parents. Clearly, we do not have enough protections in place for patients and parents.”

The hospital said Ms McCullough, who incidentally is also a twin, was in breach of a behavioural agreement they had made her sign.

“There are times behavioural agreements are created to provide structure and support to families and treatment teams to foster healthy, cohesive teamwork during times of crisis and stress,” the hospital said. “In rare instances, where a parent and/or legal guardian’s actions deliberately violate an agreed-upon Behavioral Agreement and compromise the healthcare teams’ ability to provide care for the patients of Children’s Hospital Colorado, the hospital places the patients’ wellbeing and safety first, and will take measures to ensure that wellbeing and safety remains the focal point. Repeated violations can lead to restricted visitation.”

The hospital banned Ms McCullough for three days but overnight they reinstated her visitation rights after she filed legal papers to sue them.